As a kid I learned well the need to keep candles, all the crabby
griping is not lost on me. I hope one day I can pick through it all and
say to my kids of various things, 'Just don't get caught without it!'
and teach them to use it. Immediate survival aside, if the state of
nature is an extended stay, that's a damn good reason to maintain
community and communications. How quickly would turmoil insue without
our TV, radio and internet? I can imagine a percentage of the population
going gladiator simply because they didn't get their WWF or NFL fix.
Yes, I have very deep seated instinctual troubles with the concept of
hysteria, I call it my 'Neandertal' genes.
On 8/26/2010 10:28 PM, Slip Disc wrote:
I was thinking that I hadn't seen Pogo in a long time. But in all
actuality I get all my news online, don't order any printed news media
and truthfully I don't follow any cartoons, well not anymore that is.
I think it is time we start our own minds eye cartoon strip.
Memory fades and we will dissipate into history as all those before
us. Imagine when electric lighting first came out, how the elders
talked about using candles
On Aug 26, 7:48 pm, gruff<[email protected]> wrote:
See my reply to Darkwater, Slip. They both gone.
On Aug 26, 4:11 pm, Slip Disc<[email protected]> wrote:
Ah yes Pogo, I remember that. Is he still syndicated?
I would agree that we are getting better at understanding our
intellect and how to better apply it. The days of brute force are
subsiding even though it still occurs.
On Aug 26, 1:38 pm, gruff<[email protected]> wrote:
"... On Aug 26, 8:59 am, Slip Disc<[email protected]> wrote: ..."
Not having control of our intellect does not negate our intellect nor
our superiority on earth. We are fallible and have intellectual flaws
which cloud our inherent superiority. We have the tools but sometimes
we're not really sure of what to do with them. Toss in ego and greed
and the problems become more transparent.
I would add that we are slowly gaining more control over our intellect
and perhaps even more important, over our emotions.
The rest of your statement is neatly summed up by Pogo (see above) in
that we are our own worst enemy.
